One of the bitter lessons to be learned by the wide-eyed and idealistic: that others are not always happy to:

The reasons for these deviations from the Buddha's Eightfold Path usually have to do with protecting someone's position, preserving face, the importance of a lifeless value (such as money), or the need to maintain relations with a person or group that operates on a warped principle.

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